Ergebnis für "Herbert" in Historische Romane

Three scary monsters – racism, misogyny and ageism – roam through this mesmerising audiobook. This audiobook can be listened to in two different ways – either Lyle or Lili can be heard first. Lyle works for a sinister government department in near-future Australia. An Asian migrant, he fears repatriation. Lili’s family migrated to Australia from Asia when she was a teenager. Now, in the 1980s, she’s teaching in the south of France. She makes friends, observes the treatment handed out to North African immigrants and is creeped out by her downstairs neighbour.

Neste clássico da literatura alemã, Mann renova a tradição do Bildungsroman — o romance de formação — a partir da trajetória do jovem engenheiro Hans Castorp. Durante uma inesperada estadia de sete anos em um sanatório para tuberculosos nos Alpes suíços, Hans relaciona-se com uma miríade de personagens enfermos que encarnam os conflitos espirituais e ideológicos que antecedem a Primeira Guerra Mundial.

May 1992. In Russia, Boris Yeltsin is showing millions of communists the spectre of capitalism. Yugoslavia is disintegrating. United Germany is uncertain about their next move, and communism is collapsing all around. And in a corner of old Calcutta, Herbert Sarkar, sole proprietor of a company that delivers messages from the dead, decides to give up the ghost.

Known for her “delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense” (People), New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, returns with a sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharaoh—rewriting both of their legacies forever. In the 1920s...

Wäre dem Autor nur ein Attribut erlaubt, um seine Generation zu beschreiben, so wählte er "sattgelebt"! In einen langen Frieden hineingeboren und im Wirtschaftswunder groß geworden, wärmen die milden Winter und die heißen Sommer deren alten Glieder. Der flüchtigen Freuden des Lebens müde, irrt sie zwischen dem Schielen nach Askese und dem Heischen nach Exzessen durch das Leben – stets darauf bedacht, ihren Footprint kleinzureden. Zahllose Sachbücher belegen den Klimawandel, ohne uns in die Pflicht der Mäßigung zu nehmen.

Primo romanzo di Lawrence, pubblicato nel 1913, in parte di ispirazione autobiografica (il personaggio di Miriam è ispirato alla migliore amica della giovinezza dello scrittore), il libro offre descrizioni dettagliate della vita dell’epoca nella zona mineraria di Nottingham. Il tema delle relazioni, sempre centrale nell’opera di Lawrence, che viene qui trattato è il rapporto madre figlio, in cui la eccessiva vicinanza emozionale voluta dalla madre rende il figlio incapace di amare.

Silkehandlerens datter, den purunge Désirée Clary, møder den fattige korsikanske flygtning, Napoleon Bonaparte, i sin hjemby Marseilles. De to unge forelsker sig glødende i hinanden, og da Napoleon med store planer og Désirées sparepenge rejser til Paris, har han lovet hende ægteskab. Det løfte holder han ikke, og efterlader sin første kærlighed med et blødende hjerte.

"Der letzte Mohikaner" - ein Hörspiel von Kurt Vethake nach den weltbekannten "Lederstrumpf"-Geschichten von James Fenimore Cooper.

Spanning three generationsâ¿¿ Capricornia tells the story of Australia's North. It is a story of whites and Aborigines and Asiansâ¿¿ of chance relationships that can form bonds for lifeâ¿¿ of dispossessionâ¿¿ murder and betrayal. In 1904 the brothers Oscar and Mark Shillingsworthâ¿¿ clad in serge suits and bowler hatsâ¿¿ arrive in Port Zodiac on the coast of Capricornia. They are clerks who have come from the South to join the Capricornian Government Service.

Alla fine dell'ultimo romanzo di Frank Herbert, "La rifondazione di Dune", una nave che trasporta un equipaggio di rifugiati s'inoltra in una galassia inesplorata, in fuga da un terrificante e misterioso Nemico. I fuggitivi hanno usato la tecnologia genetica per far rivivere le figure chiave del passato di Dune - tra cui Paul Muad'Dib e Lady Jessica - usando poi i loro talenti speciali per affrontare le sfide che li aspettano.

In this book, modern-day nurse practitioner Karen battles PTSD. She is also a grieving military widow, debilitated with guilt for cheating on her husband while he was alive. Fighting for normality, almost able to breathe again, it all falls apart when a disturbed veteran living in a homeless camp claims to be her lost fiancee from 1573 Antwerp.

This is a tale of two women, separated by over 400 years, whose lives are inexorably intertwined. Karen, a goal-driven pre-med student, is pursued by two men: well-bred and wealthy Martin and Peter, her virtuous but poor blue-collar study partner. After a series of relationship stumbles, an accidental pregnancy forces vacillating Karen to choose Peter. In 1572 Anthwerp, Mariken discovers she has a physician's gift for healing. She falls in love with Pieter, an injured blacksmith with a mysterious past of his own. How are these two women connected?

A powerful story about how the effects of war physically and mentally changes the soul of a young and sophisticated officer of the infantry, as he tries to save himself and his men amidst the brutality and ruthlessness of the war and the deep cynicism of his superior officers as well.

Narra la historia de un fértil y apacible valle, localizado en el territorio más inhóspito de los Andes ecuatoriales, donde se asientan unos colonos que pronto han de enfrentarse a una terrible desgracia: todos sus hijos nacen ciegos.

In this one-man tour-de-force based on Picasso's writings, writer/performer Herbert Sigüenza (Culture Clash) takes on the role of the legendary artist, inviting the listener into Picasso's private studio for an intimate and revealing weekend as he prepares to deliver six new works to a buyer on Monday morning.

Ross Grant has always felt like the black sheep of his wealthy Scottish family. An explorer at heart, he dreams of life on Waybell, their remote cattle station in Australia’s last remaining wilderness, the Northern Territory. Then his brother Alastair is branded a deserter after going missing during the Great War, and Ross is coerced into marrying Darcey Thomas, a woman he has never met, to save the family name. Disgusted with his manipulative family, he turns his back on his unwanted wife just hours after the ceremony and heads to Waybell with no plans to return.

Venedig, 1604. I byens mere skumle kvarterer, blandt kurtisaner og hasardspillere, begynder der at gå rygter om en yderst smuk og sjælden diamant - Sultanens Blå. Paul Pindar, en købmand udsendt af det Ostindiske Kompagni, får nys om den og bliver mere og mere overbevist om, at diamanten har forbindelse til hans elskede Celias skæbne. I den landlige omegn af byen får en gruppe kvindelige gøglere en besynderlig opgave: De skal transportere en stum kvinde og hendes forkrøblede "havfruebarn" til Venedig. Samtidig skjuler en ung kvinde, med en mystisk fortid, sig i et af Venedigs klostre.

Aftenen inden Marie Antoinette skal halshugges i guillotinen, efterlader hun i sin fængselscelle en hemmelig dagbog, der fortæller hendes livshistorie. Læseren tages med dybt ind i sindet på Frankrigs dødsdømte dronning med en hidtil uset medfølelse og skarpsindighed. Lige fra den privilegerede opvækst som østrigsk ærkehertuginde, gennem den glamourøse tilværelse i Versailles, til hendes hjerteskærende indespærring og ydmygelse under den franske revolution.

Flammer og begravelser, cirkusforestillinger og forførelse, naboer og nøgenhed:Tracy Chevaliers nye roman, Brændende ild, gnistrer af dramatik. London 1792. Familien Kellaway flytter fra det velkendte, landlige Dorset til tumulten i en tætpakket ubarmhjertig storby. Med en by præget af nervøsitet over den stadig mere blodige franske revolution som bagtæppe skabes et overraskende bånd mellem Jem, den yngste Kellaway-dreng, og den stedkendte London-pige Maggie Butterfield.

Jörg ist ein kleiner Junge. Mit fünf Jahren beginnt er sich selbst wahrzunehmen. Zum Leidwesen seiner Mutter macht er viel Unsinn. Sein Großvater lehrt ihn von der Natur zu lernen. In einer Schulstunde erlebt er etwas Sonderbares. Ein grelles Licht erfüllt ihn. Danach kommt ihm alles grau und stümperhaft vor. Er vertraut sich jahrelang niemandem an. Doch am letzten Tag des ersten Weltkriegs traut er sich seinem Kommandanten an. Regie: Karlheinz Schilling.